2026 Things I’ve Read to Completion
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Like Real People Do by third_crow for barelyevenhere
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
24 Jan 2023
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“Could I get a name for the order?” Marlene asked.
“Serious,” the man replied. “Like the star,” he clarified, and Remus mentally scratched out 'Serious' and rewrote 'Sirius' in his head.
“The… star?” Marlene asked, her pen hovering over the cup as she hesitated.
“S-I-R-I-U-S,” Remus said. He stocked croissants into the display case, not looking up. “The Dog Star,” he added, “brightest star in the sky, actually. Visible from both hemispheres.” When he looked over, the man– Sirius– seemed surprised, his eyebrows raised as Remus spoke, and when Remus finished, he blinked a few times before smiling lopsidedly.
“Er– yeah,” he breathed a laugh. “That.” There was a baby on his hip. Somehow, it had taken Remus a second glance to notice that.
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Or, Remus works as a barista and Sirius comes in every morning with the world's cutest baby, and man, these two just wrote the book on mutual pining, huh?
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- Part 1 of the coffee shop au
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The Mystery of Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place by altaiswrites
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
27 Mar 2023
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The world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters. We all have both light and darkness inside us, but what matters is the part we choose to act on.
As Harry was standing there, eye to eye with Sirius's younger brother, the apparently very much alive Regulus Black, he remembered those words Sirius had said to him a few years back. He asked himself, what had Sirius been thinking of then? Who had he been thinking of? Harry had assumed, that he had basically been talking about himself, and maybe Harry as well, but was that the whole truth?
Which part had Regulus Black chosen to act on?
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In other words, this is a time travel fic, where Harry accidentally ends up almost twenty years back in time, in 1979, where he meets Regulus Black, very much alive. This is going to be a time travel fix-it, kind of.
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*Weekly updates*
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“You cannot throw a ten-year-old into Azkaban, minister!”
“We aren’t throwing him anywhere. Besides, it’s just a temporary-”
“You cannot punish a child for their accidental magic!”
“How sure are you that it was an accident? For all we know, he could be dangerous. He killed three people and doesn’t show any regret.”
“Of course, he doesn’t! Look at him! He’s in shock! I’m not even sure he can hear us.”
Harry blinks and closes his eyes. Why do they need to be so loud? Why can’t they just shove him into a cupboard and leave him alone? He’s so tired.
The adults keep talking, but Harry doesn’t try to listen to them anymore. Why bother? They will do with him whatever they want, either way. That’s how it will always be.
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He’s not going to have sex with a twenty-year-old Tom Riddle. He won’t sink that low.
“Hm. Not even for twenty-five Galleons?”
Harry swallows. That’s a lot of money. It should be enough to finally afford that new coat he will need for the winter. And yet, Harry hesitates. He can’t risk changing the future. He still hopes he will, somehow, find a way to return to his friends. It’d be stupid to risk that just because he doesn’t want to freeze.
But why should Riddle sleeping with some whore change history? That’s ridiculous.
“Alright,” Harry sighs. “But only if you pay for the room.”
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- Part 1 of Touched
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It’s May 1979 and the Order has just apprehended a pair of mysterious wizards who look remarkably like a Potter and a Malfoy. Naturally, James Potter and Sirius Black are called in to identify the strangely familiar strangers and determine their backgrounds and loyalties.
(This would be a lot easier if their captives weren’t convinced everyone they talk to is dead. It would also be easier if they didn’t spend half their bloody time bickering.)
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“Just ask them questions only they would know the answer to,” Malfoy suggests.
“There’s not a single thing that I know about either of them from the first war that any old Death Eater couldn’t find out.”
“How is that possible?” Malfoy huffs. “He’s your father!”
“Am I or am I not famously an orphan?” Potter snarls.
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Русский перевод: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49365862/chapters/124574398
中文翻译: https://archiveofourown.org/works/49899721Series
- Part 1 of Still Preoccupied... With 1979
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Bookmarked by OmegaSimp
02 Feb 2026
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Bookmarker's Notes
One of the best HP fanfics I’ve ever read. Hilarious. Witty. Time travel. Incredible